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Israel's parliament on Tuesday elected a new speaker closely allied to the country's likely next prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, setting the stage for a flurry of contentious new legislation to appease the former leader's expected coalition partners. Lawmaker Yariv Levin's election as speaker comes as Netanyahu continues negotiations to forge…

A mosque’s appearance stirs memories of displacement for people who lost their village when it was flooded 34 years ago.

Muslim women are launching a petition to change the constitution of the caretaker of Sydney's Lakemba Mosque, which restricts membership to men of Lebanese heritage. A constitution "so old it was printed on a typewriter".

The shocking attack was revealed during a debate on Islamophobia, as another councillor revealed he had been asked if he was carrying a bomb in his bag as he returned from a mosque.

The mosque was issued with an official warning earlier this year after former trustee Abubaker Deghayes was convicted of encouraging terrorism.

A federal judge has ruled in favor of a newly opened mosque in Troy, Michigan, that sued the city four years after it was denied a zoning variance request so the facility could be built in 2018.

As part of the cleanliness drive, students of Shaheen Group of Institutions cleaned temples, churches and mosques

Hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday, which marked the second day of the celebration of the Jewish New Year. They were protected by Israeli police forces, who restricted Muslim worshipers from entering the mosque. This led to violent clashes.

Sabah Ahmedi, who is one of Britain’s youngest Imams, said projects like this can ‘help build bridges’ between different faith groups.

A torrent of violence during an 18-hour stretch Monday evening and Tuesday left four people dead and five other people wounded by gunfire across Oakland, California, including three men who had just finished praying at a local mosque and a teen girl who was left gravely injured.

(This September 12 story corrects last paragraph to drop reference to Hindu temple being built)